Ann-Xiaoyan Li has been appointed group chief financial officer (CFO) and managing director of the Romaco Group, an international manufacturer of processing and packaging technologies for the pharmaceutical, food and chemical industries. She succeeds Markus Kimpel, who has stepped out of the company at his own request.
Ann-Xiaoyan Li will be responsible for the organization’s finance and operations at the Romaco Group’s six production sites and 10 international sales and service centers.
“I’m delighted we’ve been able to get Ann-Xiaoyan Li on board the management of the Romaco Group and as group CFO,” explained Jens Torkel, managing director, Romaco Group. “She impressed me with her clear and pragmatic style of leadership, which is just what we need to gain optimal benefit from the synergistic effects within the group and boost our internal efficiency. Her presence on the management team will allow us to continue standardizing processes throughout our decentralized corporate structure as we drive the expansion of our worldwide service network.”
Ann-Xiaoyan Li completed a bachelor’s degree at Northwest University in Xi’an, China, before going on to study for a bachelor and master of business administration at Bielefeld University in Germany.
“I’m looking forward with great excitement and fire in my belly to my new tasks at this old-established and yet highly dynamic, globally operating group of companies,” emphasized Ann-Xiaoyan Li. “I see myself as a reliable partner to the business units, sales and service centers and specialist departments that report to me, all of which are united by a common goal: to generate growth and tap into new markets with a proactive approach and strategic solutions.”
Romaco Group
Romaco is a supplier of processing and packaging equipment specializing in engineering technologies for pharmaceutical products. The group provides individual machines, lines and turnkey products for manufacturing, filling and packing powders, granulates, pellets, tablets, capsules, syringes, liquids and medical devices. The company also serves the food and chemical industries. Through its various technologies, Romaco is committed to sustainable production and to systematically reducing CO2 emissions.
The Romaco Group has its headquarters in Karlsruhe, Germany, and is part of Truking Technology, a globally operating high-tech enterprise based in Changsha, China. Truking’s core competency is handling and filling pharmaceutical liquids.
Romaco operates from six production sites worldwide, with a portfolio comprised of seven product brands:
- Noack and Siebler, both in Karlsruhe, Germany, supply blister, heat-sealing and rigid tube filling machines.
- Macofar in Bologna, Italy, markets technologies for filling sterile and non-sterile powders and liquids.
- Promatic, also in Bologna, Italy, specializes in cartoners, track and trace systems and case packers.
- Kilian in Cologne, Germany, is a manufacturer of tablet presses.
- Innojet in Steinen, Germany, is in the business of granulating and coating fine solid particles.
- Tecpharm in Barcelona, Spain, offers tablet coating technologies.
With more than 930 employees the Romaco Group has delivered more than 12,000 installations currently in use in more than 180 different countries.
